Welsh ethics probe fuels tension in Iowa Senate
Lawmakers faced a flood of complaints over the Welsh ethics inquiry into his role with Institutional Treasury Management of Irvine amid the $75 million Iowa Trust scandal. Rife pressed a second complaint as Hutchins questioned motives and timing while Welsh resisted stepping down for the sake of the body.
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Branstad
Welsh
Institutional Treasury Management
Irvine
Calif
Iowa
Lloyd-Jones
Senate
Capitol Complex
Rife
Bill Hutchins
D-Audubon
Welsh targets deny doing anything wrong in ethics complaints
Six Iowa senators named in ethics complaints by Sen. Joe Welsh denied impropriety and voiced relief the issues are public. They said the allegations do not involve sex or bribery, while Welsh urged scrutiny of potential conflicts and questioned voting duties linked to his fellow lawmakers.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Joe Welsh
Dubuque
Richard Drake
R-Muscatine
Maggie Tinsman
R-Bettendorf
Welsh
Senate Ethics Committee
Senate
Iowa
Drake
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Tinsman
Twin State Engineering and Chemical Co
Mary Kramer
West
George Kinley
D-Des Moines
PMK Inc
Kinley
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Iowa City
Iowa Peace Institute
Institute
Patrick Roby
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Lloyd Jones
NASA Extends Space Shuttle Discovery Mission One More Day
NASA extended the Discovery mission delaying landing to Thursday after seven astronauts reached orbit January 22. Ground controllers said the extra day will keep workloads light while scientists conduct additional experiments due to lower fuel and water use in the first five days.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
NASA
Discovery
Des Moines ethics panel formed to review Legislature
Democrats form a 12 member Reform Committee on Government Ethics and Policies to examine all rules and policies, including the executive branch, conflicts of interest, disclosure of income, campaign finance reform, gift laws, and lobbyist relations. Co chairs: Mark McCormick and Art Neu. Report due by March 25.
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Rod Boshart
Te Des Moines
House
Bob Arnould
Davenport
Senate
Michael Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Reform Committee
Executive Branch
Arnould
Video cameras eyed as crime deterrent in Cedar Rapids
The article notes robberies linked to drug use and a Marion incident first in months, with cameras sparking debate on deterrence. In Marion, a laundromat tape led to arrests and slowed vandalism, while Cedar Rapids has not ordered cameras but held a crime-prevention workshop. Schappert's murder remains unsolved.
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Marion
Cedar Rapids
Neuhaus
Marion Laundromat
Schappert
Gotti denies labeling ex aide a rat who lies
John Gotti told U S District Judge Leo Glasser he did not create posters depicting Salvatore Gravano as a rat. The handbills show Gravano with the caption epitome of a rat who lies Sammy the Liar. Jurors are to be interviewed starting Wednesday.
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Gotti
New York
John Gotti
Baloney
U.S
Leo Glasser
Salvatore
Sammy Bull
Gravano
Sammy
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